TERCE
- a period for prayer and devotion, also TIERCE [n -S]
- tierce (one of seven canonical daily periods for prayer and devotion) [n TERCES]
- old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons
- cask or vessel holding this quantity
- the third of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the third hour of the day (or 9 a.m.)
- the third of eight defensive positions